Sara Paretsky, SARA PARETSKY? THE Sara Paretsky? That's correct! ~~from Sara's homepage, "Sara grew up in rural Kansas where she attended a two-room school. She continues to believe the high point of her life came at the age of twelve when she was picked to play third base for the Kaw Valley District 95 baseball team.

Bleeding Kansas, Sara’s 14th novel, is set in the part of the Kaw River Valley where Sara grew up." (in & around Lawrence, KS.)

Sara, a long time resident of Chicago, first came to Chicago in 1966 to do community service work in the same neighborhood where Martin Luther King was organizing. It was a time of fierce passions in the city and in the country as people fought over racial justice, the rights and wrongs of the war in Vietnam, and women’s rights. Sara has always felt that that summer changed her life forever, and when she finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas, she came back to make Chicago her home. Some of the history of that summer is recounted in her essay collection, Writing in an Age of Silence.

Sara has been a prolific writer specializing in first class mysteries. Most are set in Chicago, Sara's adopted city and the area where she currently lives. However, as a Kansas native, we are proud to claim her and mystery-lovers will be fascinated by the premier talent our beloved Kansas has produced!

Sara's other works include: